Directing

Theodore Wharton

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Directing

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32 titles

Known for

The Virtue of Rags poster
NR

A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he himself is experiencing the sordid experiences of being destitute, the old man sees the error of his ways and becomes suddenly charitable.

The Virtue of Rags

1912

No artwork available
5.3

A love triangle.

Two Men and a Girl

1911

No artwork available
5.7

A husband, mistakenly believing his wife has cheated on him and that he is now the father of their newborn son, throws both her and her child out of the house. Frantic to the point of madness, she abandons her baby, and when she gains her sanity she flees to Alaska to start a new life. However, her husband finds out and follows her there.

The Great White Trail

1917

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Crusher

1917

The New Exploits of Elaine poster
NR

One of many Pearl White silent action movie serials. CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Serpent Sign; 2. The Cryptic Ring; 3. The Watching Eye; 4. The Vengeance Of Wu Fang; 5. The Saving Circles; 6. Spontaneous Combustion; 7. The Ear in the Wall; 8. The Opium Smugglers; 9. The Tell-Tale Heart; 10. Shadows Of War.

The New Exploits of Elaine

1915

The Romance of Elaine poster
NR

The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, alias Marcus Del Mar, threatening American democracy in general and master detective Craig Kennedy's designs for a new torpedo in particular. Whenever Doctor X has Elaine or Jameson in his grasp, they are inevitably saved in the nick of time by a mystery figure garbed in black.

The Romance of Elaine

1915

Behind the camera

The Virtue of Rags poster
NR

A grouchy landlord discharges a kind-hearted rent collector for failing to collect the rent from an impoverished widow. After dreaming that he himself is experiencing the sordid experiences of being destitute, the old man sees the error of his ways and becomes suddenly charitable.

The Virtue of Rags

1912

No artwork available
5.3

A love triangle.

Two Men and a Girl

1911

No artwork available
5.7

A husband, mistakenly believing his wife has cheated on him and that he is now the father of their newborn son, throws both her and her child out of the house. Frantic to the point of madness, she abandons her baby, and when she gains her sanity she flees to Alaska to start a new life. However, her husband finds out and follows her there.

The Great White Trail

1917

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Crusher

1917

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Crusher

1917

The New Exploits of Elaine poster
NR

One of many Pearl White silent action movie serials. CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Serpent Sign; 2. The Cryptic Ring; 3. The Watching Eye; 4. The Vengeance Of Wu Fang; 5. The Saving Circles; 6. Spontaneous Combustion; 7. The Ear in the Wall; 8. The Opium Smugglers; 9. The Tell-Tale Heart; 10. Shadows Of War.

The New Exploits of Elaine

1915

The New Exploits of Elaine poster
NR

One of many Pearl White silent action movie serials. CHAPTER TITLES: 1. The Serpent Sign; 2. The Cryptic Ring; 3. The Watching Eye; 4. The Vengeance Of Wu Fang; 5. The Saving Circles; 6. Spontaneous Combustion; 7. The Ear in the Wall; 8. The Opium Smugglers; 9. The Tell-Tale Heart; 10. Shadows Of War.

The New Exploits of Elaine

1915

The Romance of Elaine poster
NR

The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, alias Marcus Del Mar, threatening American democracy in general and master detective Craig Kennedy's designs for a new torpedo in particular. Whenever Doctor X has Elaine or Jameson in his grasp, they are inevitably saved in the nick of time by a mystery figure garbed in black.

The Romance of Elaine

1915

The Romance of Elaine poster
NR

The heroine had little time for romancing newspaper reporter Walter Jameson, what with Doctor X, alias Marcus Del Mar, threatening American democracy in general and master detective Craig Kennedy's designs for a new torpedo in particular. Whenever Doctor X has Elaine or Jameson in his grasp, they are inevitably saved in the nick of time by a mystery figure garbed in black.

The Romance of Elaine

1915

Beatrice Fairfax poster
5.0

Beatrice Fairfax, the original advice-to-the-lovelorn reporter and her friend and not-so-secret admirer Jimmy Barton investigate calls for help and escape exotic perils and dangers. Episodes include exciting and fun stories of baby-napping, blackmail, jewel thievery, disguise, counterfeiting, and the long-unseen episode featuring entrancing cult starlet Olive Thomas and the real New York Yankees and Giants playing a game in the Polo Grounds.

Beatrice Fairfax

1916

The Eagle's Eye poster
NR

A criminologist and a government agent team up to expose a ring of German spies.

The Eagle's Eye

1918

The Lottery Man poster
4.7

A young man proposes a lottery with himself as the prize in marriage. However he finds himself very much in love with a woman other than the winner.

The Lottery Man

1916

The Lottery Man poster
4.7

A young man proposes a lottery with himself as the prize in marriage. However he finds himself very much in love with a woman other than the winner.

The Lottery Man

1916

The Mysteries of Myra poster
6.0

Myra Maynard's family is cursed by the devil-worshipping Black Order and she is marked for death by black magic on the eve of her eighteenth birthday. Dr. Payson Alden, the movies' first psychic detective, uses science to try and defeat the cult's evil spells, and is assisted by his friend Haji, a Hindu mystic. During the course of the 15 episodes of the serial, the clairvoyant Myra is assaulted by, among other supernatural menaces, astral demons, a fire elemental, even a "thought monster" brought to life by the malicious will of fifteen men, Levitation, crystal balls, automatic writing, mediums, witchcraft, a golden idol come to life, and many more bizarre elements which made movie history also figure into the story to make this a truly fascinating series that you will not want to miss. (mysteriesofmyra.com)

The Mysteries of Myra

1916

No artwork available
NR

A super sleuth of the Secret Service Bureau disguises himself as a common thief to penetrate a gang of counterfeiters.

The Eye That Never Sleeps

1912

No artwork available
4.0

In the bar-room of Lonely Gulch an actor is entertaining the cowboys by showing them various impersonations, when the mail arrives, and he receives a letter from his sweetheart to the effect that she has got hold of an easy mark, a ranchman from Lonely Gulch. The bartender also receives a letter from the ranchman asking him to tell the boys that he is returning the following day with a bride who is an actress. The next morning the ranchman and his bride arrive on the coach and are given a great welcome. On the solicitation of his bride he offers the actor employment on his ranch and he accompanies them there. A week later the ranchman, with the cowboys of whom the actor is one, start off for town, but the actor, pretending his horse has gone lame returns to the ranch, and getting back there, makes love to his sweetheart. The ranchman, who is suspicious, also turns and quietly follows and reenters the ranch.

The Mystery of Lonely Gulch

1910

The Eagle's Talons poster
7.0

A stirring drama of Wall Street manipulation of the world's wheat supply, which leads the characters into adventures and danger in various corners of the globe.

The Eagle's Talons

1923

No artwork available
9.0

An accidental death on a hunting trip results in an innocent young man being accused of murder.

The Voice of Conscience

1912

No artwork available
9.0

An accidental death on a hunting trip results in an innocent young man being accused of murder.

The Voice of Conscience

1912

No artwork available
9.0

A short film about a fundraising campaign for the War Chest, a World War I initiative. The film aims to encourage viewers to donate to the War Chest fund, which supported soldiers and their families.

Mission of the War Chest

1918

No artwork available
9.0

A short film about a fundraising campaign for the War Chest, a World War I initiative. The film aims to encourage viewers to donate to the War Chest fund, which supported soldiers and their families.

Mission of the War Chest

1918

The Lilac Splash poster
6.0

A 1915 silent comedy.

The Lilac Splash

1915

The Lilac Splash poster
6.0

A 1915 silent comedy.

The Lilac Splash

1915

Patria poster
6.5

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.

Patria

1917

Patria poster
6.5

Spies from Japan conspire to steal the Channing "preparedness" fortune and invade the United States, beginning in New York, then allying themselves with Mexicans across the border. They are stopped by the efforts of munitions factory heiress Patria Channing and U.S. Secret Service agent Donald Parr.

Patria

1917

From the Submerged poster
4.5

A destitute man ready to drown himself is rescued by a caring passing woman. Soon thereafter forgiven by his dying father, he inherits great wealth and becomes engaged to a society woman. When she only laughs at the poor on a slumming trip, he remembers his own past and the woman who saved him.

From the Submerged

1912

The Black Stork poster
6.0

A young man and woman are considering marriage; eugenicist Harry J Haiselden warns that they are ill-matched and will produce defective offspring. He is right; their baby is born defective, dies quickly and floats into heaven.

The Black Stork

1917

No artwork available
3.0

The plot revolves around US President Abraham Lincoln pardoning a hapless sentry who had fallen asleep while on duty during the height of the American Civil War.

Abraham Lincoln's Clemency

1910

No artwork available
NR

A propaganda re-enactment, co-financed by the Woodrow Wilson government, of the 1890 massacre of 300 Lakota residents of South Dakota, which was portrayed as American military heroism and justified as part of the assimilation effort.

The Indian Wars

1914

No artwork available
NR

Esoomgit tries to stop Red Doe from sacrificing herself for their tribe.

The Daughter of Niagara

1910

No artwork available
7.0

On the day before Thanksgiving, a penniless man named Rastus vows to get a turkey for his family. Desperate, he steals the last available bird from George Green's yard through a fence hole. Unable to pull it through, Rastus breaks off three fence planks and flees, awkwardly carrying both the boards and the bird home to enjoy a festive dinner.

How Rastus Got His Chicken

1910

A Simple Mistake poster
4.0

Mr. Hallate is leaving for a trip and his loving wife is helping him to get his belongings out with him. At last everything is ready and she goes on the stoop and watches him get into the rig. Augustus Slip, who happens to pass at this moment, sees her and, like other men of small stature, becomes deeply enamored with the ponderous Mrs. Hallate. He goes and purchases a bouquet and, returning to the house, walks into the parlor and forces his attentions on Mrs. Hallate. She, however, will have none of him, and as he refuses to leave, flies for revenge to the maid in the kitchen. The maid happens to be entertaining her friend, Officer O'Brien, and Mrs. Hallate is indeed glad to see a limb of the law, and requests him to eject the eloquent Augustus. Meantime, Mr. Hallate has missed his train, and accordingly returns to his home. Augustus hearing him enter, hides behind a curtain, and when the officer enters Hallate is the only man in sight.

A Simple Mistake

1910